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764. Otocoris longirostris. Gould. 



Moore, P. Z. S., 1855, with figure— Hoesf., Cat. 710. 



The Long-billed Horned-lark. 



Deser. — Allied in colour and in the black markings of the 

 head and breast to 0. penicillata, but differs in its larger size, 

 considerably more lengthened bill, wings, and tail, in the thicker 

 toes, and in the feathers of the back being broadly centred with 

 brown. 



Length 7 1 inches ; wing 5 ; tail of ; bill at front -^ ; tarsus T § ; 

 hind toe and claw t 7 q. 



This species has lately been described, and is said to have been 

 procured in the neighbourhood of Agra, but most probably was from 

 the Himalayas. Judging solely from the figure in the P. Z. S., it 

 appears very close to the last, of which perhaps it is only a large 

 specimen. The black on the neck is not continuous with the 

 band from the eye, as in penicillata, but the resemblance is very 

 close. Nevertheless, as Mr. Gould is familiar with the previous 

 one, I shall, for the present, give it a place as a distinct 

 species. 



Otocoris alpestris is found in Europe, frequenting the sea shores, 

 and has been killed on the English coast ; and O. bilopha, Temm., 

 PI. Col. 241, f. 1, much smaller than the preceding, is found in 

 North Africa, and Arabia Petrsea, and may occur in the extreme 

 west of Sindh and the Punjab. Several species occur in America, 

 being the only Larks found in the New Continent, and some 

 of these have been separated by Sclater as Neocorys. 



Gen. Spizalauda, Blyth. 



J. A. S. XIV. 258. 



Char. — Bill as in Alauda, i. e., with the nostrils protected by 

 bristles, but thicker and 31irafra-like in its form ; wings long, with 

 the 1st quill minute, the next four about equal and longest, as in 

 the true Larks ; tertiaries lengthened ; hind toe and claw moderately 

 developed ; claws longer than in Mirafra ; coronal feathers length- 

 ened, and forming a pointed crest. 



This is simply a thick-billed and highly crested Alauda. 



